There are athletes at the highest level of every sport that still don’t really know what it’s like to truly “put in the work”. In CrossFit, a lot of high level athletes come to us and will not consistently work on things like mobility and endurance. They will do 8 WODS a day, but won’t do these little things. Mobility and endurance work specifically are boring and take a while to see big time improvement. WODS give athletes a feeling of instant gratification.

Like smoking crack. Crackheads experience a wave of euphoria accompanied shortly after by a feeling of remorse, emptiness and an intense need for more. Excessive wodders (EWs) experience a pumping up of the muscles and occasionally the euphoria of “winning”. But are they getting better? Who knows if they don’t track it, and are WODS really the best way to test individual skills?

Over time, EWs require more to feel the same level of accomplishment. Which always leads to injury or overtraining. So say NO to crack!

Eat a nutritious salad instead. Work on progressions and train smarter, NOT harder

Athlete 1 completes all of “A” (the 15-12-9 and runs). When athlete 1 comes back from the third 150m Row of “A” they will tag athlete 2 who will also complete all of “A”. Once athlete 2 is done they will tag athlete 1, who can then begin to work on “B”. Time is called when athlete 2 completes “C”.